Movie Maker - how long does this take ?

[- Bobb -]

I was on a trip for 4 weeks - home now and put together the
video/pictures with MSFT Movie Maker.
I compiled my timeline and the timepline showed 1:15 min of avi video/
jpg pictures . I then clicked on "create on my PC " ( or something
similiar = save as wmv file on my PC) and it projected about 445mb and
800 minutes to finish !
I figured it would go down as it progressed. We went to dinner for a few
hours - home now and still showing 167 minutes left. The process is
using 99 % of CPU time - so far has used 2 hrs 45 min of CPU time. I
have a 2ghz cpu with 1gb of memory and closed all other apps ( I'm
writing this offline since no NAV nor nic enabled right now). What can
possibly take this so long. Is this typical ? or is " Something wrong
with my setup" ?
I'm gonna let it run since it's so far into it, but what are my options
?
I have Nero 7 ( has video record options - Vision, Recode etc)
Rather than wmv file, and since it's already in avi format ( which means
nothing to me), it any other public program better // quicker to use ?

Thanks for any input/ pointers/links.

Bobb

 

[Rock]

I was on a trip for 4 weeks - home now and put together the video/pictures
with MSFT Movie Maker.
I compiled my timeline and the timepline showed 1:15 min of avi video/
jpg pictures . I then clicked on "create on my PC " ( or something
similiar = save as wmv file on my PC) and it projected about 445mb and
800 minutes to finish !
I figured it would go down as it progressed. We went to dinner for a few
hours - home now and still showing 167 minutes left. The process is using
99 % of CPU time - so far has used 2 hrs 45 min of CPU time. I have a 2ghz
cpu with 1gb of memory and closed all other apps ( I'm writing this
offline since no NAV nor nic enabled right now). What can possibly take
this so long. Is this typical ? or is " Something wrong with my setup" ?
I'm gonna let it run since it's so far into it, but what are my options ?
I have Nero 7 ( has video record options - Vision, Recode etc)
Rather than wmv file, and since it's already in avi format ( which means
nothing to me), it any other public program better // quicker to use ?

You might want to check on the Movie Maker newsgroup.
microsoft.public.windowsxp.moviemaker

 

[- Bobb -]

You might want to check on the Movie Maker newsgroup.
microsoft.public.windowsxp.moviemaker

Will do - sorry about that - I thought part of XP.

 

[Rock]

Will do - sorry about that - I thought part of XP.

No problem, Bobb. It's one of those features for which MS made a separate
newsgroup, so that's where you have a greater chance of finding the folks
with the most experience with it.